A man in Boston shot his pregnant wife and told police a Black man had done it.
The city believed him instantly — and then tore its own Black neighbourhood apart looking for someone who did not exist. October 1989.
Within hours, police flooded Mission Hill. Over the following weeks Black men were stopped, searched, and strip-searched in the street. Homes were entered. Teenagers were pulled off basketball courts.
A man named Willie Bennett was arrested and named publicly as the suspect. His family's home was raided. His name was in every newspaper in America.
Stuart picked Bennett out of a line-up.
Then Stuart's own brother went to the police and said he had helped dispose of the gun and the wife's belongings.
Stuart died before he could be charged.
Boston had spent nearly three months believing a story whose only evidence was that a white man had said a Black man did it.
Willie Bennett was released. His life did not recover.
In 2023 — thirty-four years later — the city of Boston formally apologised to Bennett, to his family, and to the Black residents of Mission Hill, and the police department acknowledged what it had done.
One sentence from one man was enough to put a whole neighbourhood under occupation. It took the city a third of a century to say sorry for believing it.
@Vivhins Fucking bully. Hope he meets his match someday. Someone needs to make a police report on behalf of this guy. But then again this is Indonesia and the police will never take action unless they are paid by the victim.
Sir Alex Ferguson 2012, Brendan Rodgers '14, Jose Mourinho '18, Jurgen Klopp '19 & '22, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer '21 & Mikel Arteta '23 all finished second in the PL without systematic cheating. Then there's cup finals.
They, their players and staff deserve justice and recognition.
There isn’t a Department of War propaganda campaign from the gates of hell that can undo what I am reading.
It’s over for Turning Point USA. The most damning part? They refused to participate in the independent review while publicly lying about what took place. They lied repeatedly and publicly.
I am thoroughly disgusted with Erika Kirk.
All of this information was at her fingertips and she attempted to be a helpless widow while allowing her employees to publicly lie.
Link coming soon.
I have looked at the 'Talismans' by FPL Points, G+A, xGI and BCC+BC.
A few observations:
- JP, Palmer and Rogers sharing points as expected. JP highest despite missing a game.
- Saka has 29% of team xGI and 32% of team BCC+BC. Everything does seem to be going through him.
- Barry (EVE) tops both xGI (34%) and BCC+BC (38%) - Everton's creative and clinical focal point, however only 2 goals in 8 BC so far. DCL second for both those metrics.
- Morgan Gibbs-White (NFO) & Ryan Tavernier (BOU) are the only two players in the top 20 of all four categories - Points, G+A, xGI, BCC+BC. True all-round talismans.
- Haaland has the most big chances involvement in raw numbers (10 BCC+BC) but only 29% team share - City spread it around more than most.
- 6 defenders and 1 goalkeeper in the top 20 Talisman by points.
Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
Turkish President Erdogan:
Personally, as a father and as a grandfather who cherishes his children and grandchildren, I have to say the following from this podium with a heavy heart.
Today, Gaza is not only the world's largest graveyard for children. It is also the place with the highest rate of child amputations in the world.
Gaza has become the most inhumane and shameful concentration camp of our time.
Caledon, Ontario:
These two stole all the bags of firewood available for sale roadside for the second time in less than a month.
They have enough money for a +$100k Denali pickup but would rather steal than pay people for their hard work.
Make them famous, these people are turning Canada into a low trust society.
Why is this white man relevant to Black history? He was one of the Freedom Riders. In 1960, he was on a bus full of Freedom Riders who arrived in Montgomery Alabama where an angry whitē mob was waiting for them. He volunteered to get off the bus first and take the brunt of the mob's viõlence, which left him beàten and blòody. His name was James Zwerg.